VietNamNet Bridge - The news that a seventh grader and her parents only knew about her pregnancy on the day she gave birth has rung the alarm bell over Vietnamese students’ lack of sex education.

One teacher hit the head of a child with a slipper and another frightened a child by turning him upside down and threatening to put him into a chicken plucking machine. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of sex abuse, child kidnapping and traffic accidents have occurred recently, raising concerns among parents about safety at schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - Only after a mother in HCMC denounced a man for having engaged in sexual activities with her 6-year-old daughter did parents and schools begin to worry about the need for sex education classes.

 Suffocating doesn’t begin to describe the way my heart constricts these days as news about sexual abuse of children breaks out, one after another.

VietNamNet Bridge - A series of recent child abuse cases have caused parents to feel insecure about sending their children to school.

 Famous composer Nguyen Quoc Trung has just called on local artists to boycott comedian Minh Beo who has just returned to Vietnam after serving nine months in jail in the US for child sexual assault.

VietNamNet Bridge - One in every six Vietnamese boys and one in every four girls have experienced some forms of sexual abuse. At least 5,300 of child sexual abuse cases were reported in 2011-2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some psychologists believe that sex education must start when children are three years old, but some teachers believe that this is not suitable for an Asian country like Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - About 4.8 million children at preschools throughout the country face high risks – food contamination, accidents and child abuse.

 A school security guard in Lao Cai Province has been arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting several children.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many child abuse cases have been discovered just within one month. On education forums, parents are expressing their anxiety about the unsafe schooling environment.

Education experts have warned about unreasonable education methods applied at school and at home, saying that many Vietnamese students do not have sympathy towards people with disabilities and disadvantages.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of kidnapping cases have stirred concern over child safety in the country’s cities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Twelve second-graders in Thua Thien – Hue province were hit on the buttocks with ruler in a recent incident.

VietNamNet Bridge - Only after many school violence cases were reported by local newspapers have schools become aware of the importance of student counseling.

Many reports of child abuse cases have been in the news recently, with education internet forums holding postmortems on the reasons behind the child abuse. But nothing has changed: more and more cases have been reported. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Nursery schools in HCM City complain that they cannot recruit babysitters because of unreasonable regulations. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Three babysitters in Quang Binh province have been discovered as binding the hands and feet of a 15-month-old. In another case, a two-year-old child in Lang Son was seen crying and eating garbage. 

 Data taken from tens of millions of child abuse photos and videos will shortly be used as part of a new police system to aid investigations into suspected paedophiles across the UK.